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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Being one more than two.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
15. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
19. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
23. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
25. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
28. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A light touch or stroke.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
48. A deep bow.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. An accountant certified by the state.
53. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
56. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
57. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
58. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A Loloish language.
2. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
3. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
4. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. A master's degree in fine arts.
24. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
26. Being one more than fifty.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. Before noon.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
50. (informal) Roused to anger.
54. A state in midwestern United States.
55. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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